-GLAYTONU. PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNiA. 2i9 



3-cleft. Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, 3— 5-seeded. 

 Seeds reniform. Gen. pi 402. Nu 1 1. Gen, I. p. 

 152. Juss,^.3\A>. Lam. IlLt.CLlY. Roem. 

 W Schult. Gen. 992. Nat. Ord, Portulace^ 

 J II s s, 



C. virginica L. : leaves linear-lanceolate ; petals obop 

 vate, retuse ; leaves of the calyx somewhat acute ; root tu- 

 berous. ^ it. Kew. I. p. 284. JVilld. Spec. I. p. 1 185, 

 BoLMag.t.d^]. Mich. FLl.^.lQO. PurshFl.l.^. 

 175. Elliott SkA.}^,ZO&. Bart. Fl. Jim. Sept. t, 51. 

 Gron. Virg. 25. R o em. ^ S chult.V. '^. 433. 



Root large, tuberous, fleshy, Stem erect or procumbent, very 

 smooth, and a little succulent. Leaves on the stem about 2, 

 opposite, thick, at first almost linear, but becoming broader 

 with age, about 4 inches long. Fiovters (6—12) in a loose 

 simple raceme ; fieduncles gradually diminishing in length 

 upwards ; the lowest ones more than an inch long. Leaves of 

 the cal^x- oblong, persistent. Petals twice as long as the calyx, 

 pale rose-colour, with darker veins. Stamens shorter than the 

 petals, and inserted at their claws ; ^laments dilated at the 

 base ; anthers oblong, 2-celled. Style longer than the sta- 

 mens; stigmas linear, spreading. Cafisule ovate-globose: 

 Seeds compressed, black, shining. 



Hab. In moist shady woods j common. Aprii-r-May. 



0. latifolia* : leaves ovate-lanceolate ; leaves of the 

 calyx obtuse. C. virginica 13. A i t. Kew. 1. c ? C. carolini- 

 nna MicluFL I. p. 160.^ 



Hab. In moist woods, generally in mountainous situations; 

 common in New-England, and in the northern parts of the 

 Slate of New-York, This variety does not, to my knowledge, 

 grow nearer the i^a-coast than the Highlands of the Hudson, 

 where it was found by my friend. Dr. B arrat t. It differs 

 in no respect from C. virginica^ except in the broader leaves, 

 and in the greater obtuseness of the calyx. It is probably the 

 plant which Mr. J^u 1 1 al I considers as the C. sfiathulafoliay 

 and which, he observes, is abundant round Pittsburgh, where 

 it appears to take the place of C. virginica. In many parts 

 •f New-England, likewise, it supersedes the common variety. 



175. CEANQTHUS. L. 



Calyx turbinate, 5-cleft. Petals 5, saccate and 

 arched, with long claws. Stigmas 3. Capsule tri- 

 coccous, 3-celledj 3-seeded, 3-parted, opening on the 

 inner side. Gen. pi. 361. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 153. 



